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The Challenge

In 2003, numbering 35 million strong, Latinos became the largest minority group in the United States. Yet, for every success story of a Governor Richardson or a Justice Sonya Sotomayor, there are also tales of Latinos who have fared less well in this wealthy but complex nation. By many measures -- levels of health uninsurance, homeownership rates, income levels -- Latinos are emerging as the most challenged minority group in the country.

Every day, courageous people move north to the United States with the firm willingness to work hard to make their American Dreams come true. Many of these people promptly join the largest segment of the country's working poor. New immigrants may find themselves holding down two jobs to make ends meet, having little time to parent their children, having less time to learn English, living in neighborhoods where violence and drugs abound, and seeing their hopes for a better future becoming dimmer, more "realistic."

Germán Velasco, our Editor-in-Chief, is a Bolivian immigrant who has devoted over 15 years to working with poor communities, both in Latin America and among Latinos in the United States. Time and again, he has encountered people with the willingness to create a decent life, but who are held back by lack of education, by language barriers, and by an ensuing lack of information.

Our Vision

With your help, we believe La mano amiga has a positive role to play. With every issue, we provide our readers -- your clients -- with pertinent information that can make a real difference in their lives. We acquaint them with various aspects of the health and human services, legal, free-market, and charity systems in this country. We even include information about culture and society. And, we make sure to provide Spanish-language phone numbers and internet links in every issue.

As members of a nation of immigrants, we believe our country can see the latest waves of newcomers succeed, achieve, and contribute just as the generations before them have prevailed. We envision a country with less poverty, less ignorance, and greater access to opportunity. Our society can only achieve its full potential when every group is contributing to our collective American Dream.

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